Pan Africanism and the Ancestors What is Pan Africanism and the Ancestors? Come and learn about the the Akan spiritual system and how it relates to redefining what you think you are Reclaiming and redefining our identity as Afrakans is important in healing of ourselves and community. During the Mafaa, the enslavement process, the… Continue reading Pan Africanism and the Ancestors
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Pan Africanism and the Ancestors
Marie Laveau and the Gullah Geechee
Marie Laveau and the Gullah Geechee What is Pan African tradition in the Diaspora? Come learn Marie Laveau and the Gullah Geechee The New Orleans style of voodoo derives from the cultures of Benin’s Dahomey Empire, the Yoruba and the Akan. It is an Afro-creole tradition. Creole is a Portuguese word meaning “home born”. … Continue reading Marie Laveau and the Gullah Geechee